ghost

Etymology
, from (which was the word for “spirit” as well as “ghost”; the original sense survives in Modern English ), from, from , from , derived from. The ⟨h⟩ in the spelling appears in the Prologue to William Caxton's Royal Book, printed in 1484, in a reference to the ‘Holy Ghoost’, likely introduced by Caxton's assistant, Wynkyn de Worde, as a result of Flemish influence, where it was spelled gheest at the time. .

Noun

 * 1)  The spirit; the human soul.
 * 2) The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
 * 3) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
 * 4) A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
 * 5) An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.
 * 6) A ghostwriter.
 * 7) A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
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 * 1) A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See.
 * 2)  An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
 * 3)  An image of a file or hard disk.
 * 4)  An understudy.
 * 5)  A covert (and deniable) agent.
 * 6) The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
 * 7)  An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
 * 8) Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of him/her.
 * 9)  An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
 * 10)  A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
 * 11)  A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
 * 12)  White or.
 * 13)  Transparent or.
 * 14)  Abandoned.
 * 15)  Remnant; the  of a(n).
 * 16)  Perceived or listed but not.
 * 17)  Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
 * 18)  Substitute.
 * 1) * 2023, Barony of Ponte Alto, Society for Creative Anachronism, Ponte Alto Pennsic Encampment 2023 - Barony Registration:
 * Before filling out this form, please visit the Pennsic Pre-Registration Page to create your account and enter your campers and ghosts [].
 * 1) A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See.
 * 2)  An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
 * 3)  An image of a file or hard disk.
 * 4)  An understudy.
 * 5)  A covert (and deniable) agent.
 * 6) The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
 * 7)  An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
 * 8) Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of him/her.
 * 9)  An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
 * 10)  A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
 * 11)  A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
 * 12)  White or.
 * 13)  Transparent or.
 * 14)  Abandoned.
 * 15)  Remnant; the  of a(n).
 * 16)  Perceived or listed but not.
 * 17)  Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
 * 18)  Substitute.
 * 1)  A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
 * 2)  A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
 * 3)  White or.
 * 4)  Transparent or.
 * 5)  Abandoned.
 * 6)  Remnant; the  of a(n).
 * 7)  Perceived or listed but not.
 * 8)  Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
 * 9)  Substitute.
 * 1)  Transparent or.
 * 2)  Abandoned.
 * 3)  Remnant; the  of a(n).
 * 4)  Perceived or listed but not.
 * 5)  Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
 * 6)  Substitute.
 * 1)  Remnant; the  of a(n).
 * 2)  Perceived or listed but not.
 * 3)  Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
 * 4)  Substitute.
 * 1)  Perceived or listed but not.
 * 2)  Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
 * 3)  Substitute.
 * 1)  Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
 * 2)  Substitute.
 * 1)  Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
 * 2)  Substitute.
 * 1)  Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
 * 2)  Substitute.
 * 1)  Substitute.
 * 1)  Substitute.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:, , , , ,
 * Algonquin:
 * Amharic:
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 * Assamese:, ,
 * Azerbaijani:, , ,
 * Belarusian:
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 * Cebuano:
 * Corsican:, , , , , , , ,
 * Cree:
 * Guaraní: ,
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Ilocano:
 * Ilongot:
 * Interlingua:, , , ,
 * Macedonian:
 * Malagasy:
 * Maricopa:
 * Mising:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:, хий үзэгдэл
 * Mongolian: ᠰᠦᠭ, ᠬᠡᠢ ᠦᠵᠡᠭᠳᠡᠯ
 * O'odham:
 * Old English:,  , ,  ,  , , , ,  ,  , ,
 * Piedmontese:, , ,
 * Quechua:, ,
 * Romanian:, , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:, , , , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:, , , ,
 * Tatar:
 * Turkmen:
 * Upper Sorbian:, , ,
 * Ute:
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venetian:, , ,
 * Volapük: ,
 * Welsh:, , ,

Verb

 * 1)  To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.
 * 2)  To die; to expire.
 * 3)  To imbue with a ghost-like hue or effect.
 * 4)  To ghostwrite.
 * 5)  To sail seemingly without wind.
 * 6)  To copy a file or hard drive image.
 * 7)  To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.
 * 8)  To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.
 * 9)  To appear or move without warning, quickly and quietly; to slip.
 * 10)  To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison without the prior knowledge of other inmates.
 * 11)  To kill.
 * 12)  To perform an act of : to break up with someone without warning or explanation; to ignore someone, especially on social media.
 * 13)  To provide the speaking or singing voice for another actor, who is lip-syncing.
 * 14) * 1955, Saturday Review (volume 38, part 2, page 27)
 * Here's how it went: Larry Parks as elderly Al Jolson was watching Larry Parks playing young Al Jolson in the first movie — in other words, Parks ghosting for Parks. At the same time, Jolson himself was ghosting the voices for both of them.
 * 1)  To appear or move without warning, quickly and quietly; to slip.
 * 2)  To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison without the prior knowledge of other inmates.
 * 3)  To kill.
 * 4)  To perform an act of : to break up with someone without warning or explanation; to ignore someone, especially on social media.
 * 5)  To provide the speaking or singing voice for another actor, who is lip-syncing.
 * 6) * 1955, Saturday Review (volume 38, part 2, page 27)
 * Here's how it went: Larry Parks as elderly Al Jolson was watching Larry Parks playing young Al Jolson in the first movie — in other words, Parks ghosting for Parks. At the same time, Jolson himself was ghosting the voices for both of them.
 * 1)  To perform an act of : to break up with someone without warning or explanation; to ignore someone, especially on social media.
 * 2)  To provide the speaking or singing voice for another actor, who is lip-syncing.
 * 3) * 1955, Saturday Review (volume 38, part 2, page 27)
 * Here's how it went: Larry Parks as elderly Al Jolson was watching Larry Parks playing young Al Jolson in the first movie — in other words, Parks ghosting for Parks. At the same time, Jolson himself was ghosting the voices for both of them.
 * 1)  To perform an act of : to break up with someone without warning or explanation; to ignore someone, especially on social media.
 * 2)  To provide the speaking or singing voice for another actor, who is lip-syncing.
 * 3) * 1955, Saturday Review (volume 38, part 2, page 27)
 * Here's how it went: Larry Parks as elderly Al Jolson was watching Larry Parks playing young Al Jolson in the first movie — in other words, Parks ghosting for Parks. At the same time, Jolson himself was ghosting the voices for both of them.
 * 1)  To provide the speaking or singing voice for another actor, who is lip-syncing.
 * 2) * 1955, Saturday Review (volume 38, part 2, page 27)
 * Here's how it went: Larry Parks as elderly Al Jolson was watching Larry Parks playing young Al Jolson in the first movie — in other words, Parks ghosting for Parks. At the same time, Jolson himself was ghosting the voices for both of them.
 * Here's how it went: Larry Parks as elderly Al Jolson was watching Larry Parks playing young Al Jolson in the first movie — in other words, Parks ghosting for Parks. At the same time, Jolson himself was ghosting the voices for both of them.